Abstract: A handy, compact and easily transportable apparatus for relief of intervertebral discs and for stretching of the vertebrae and the hip joints by means of gravity, having a support element suspendable on a door, a wall or the like, and a suspension device connected with this for the feet, in such manner that even unpracticed and awkward persons without support by a helper, i.e. completely alone, can achieve the suspended position. The suspension device is connected via a cable line with the support element and provided with a coupling device for suspension gaiters.

Abstract: An adjustable support assembly is provided for suspending or otherwise attaching one article such as a conduit to another article such as a frame. The adjustable support assembly includes a pair of inelastic, flexible cables that are secured together at spaced locations by retainers in order to form a series of elongated eyes. One of the cables extends beyond the other cable and has a tapered stop secured to its free end. When used, the adjustable support assembly is wrapped around the article being suspended or attached, and the tapered stop is passed through one of the elongated eyes and wedged therein in order to secure the free end to the elongated eye of the adjustable support assembly.

Abstract: A manifold assembly is provided for monitoring hemodynamic pressures. The manifold assembly comprises a base having first, second and third flush valves mounted thereon. A first three port stopcock is also mounted on the base having one of its ports in fluid flow communication with the first flush valve. One of the ports is in fluid flow communication with an arterial catheter and one of the ports is in fluid flow communication with a pressure monitoring means for determining arterial pressure. A first T-connector is fastened to the second flush valve. A second T-connector is fastened to the third flush valve. A second three port stopcock is mounted on the base with one of its ports in fluid flow communication with the second flush valve through the first T-connector. One of the ports of the second three port stopcock is in fluid flow communication with the third flush valve through the second T-connector.

Abstract: At anchoring in concrete, plugs and/or expanders are used; which require relatively deep holes for providing the strength required. In order to reduce the necessary hole depth without deteriorating the strength, and in general to facilitate and render cheaper the anchoring in concrete and other hard material, the present tensile force absorbing anchoring comprises an anchoring member formed integral of steel wire, with an anchoring portion located in a hole in the material, which portion comprises two gripping members, each with a free end engaging with the hole wall. The members are formed integral, with each of their two shanks abutting an opposed side of the hole wall against the engaging surface of the free end of the respective gripping member and extending axially out of the hole.

Abstract: A ceiling suspension device for rotatably suspending articles such as lighting fixtures and decorative pendants from a ceiling. The suspension device includes an inverted frustoconical housing formed with a conical hole of downwardly decreasing cross section, a plurality of balls received within the housing, a means for evenly spacing the balls apart within the housing, a lengthwise adjustable suspension pole cooperable with the balls for rotatably holding an article, for example, a chandelier, in suspension and for regulating the height of the suspended chandelier, and a releasing means employing a plurality of upstanding arms for releasing the suspension pole from the balls so that easy and quick detachment of the chandelier from the ceiling is accomplished.

Abstract: Arrangements for supporting a heat exchanger core within a steel frame structure by a hanger system utilizing flexible members pivotably coupled to overhead support beams. Balancing beams are employed to equalize the load transmitted through the system to the support beams. These support systems permit the heat exchanger core to expand in all directions from thermal growth without restraint relative to the frame structure, thereby minimizing thermal fatigue.

Abstract: An adjustable support device for appliances being comprised of a housing with top and bottom aligned openings therethrough and which is attached to a support member by a clamp mechanism. An elongated support member or tubing which is provided with a plurality of aligned openings one side thereof passing through the opening of the housing and is in contact within the housing with a pair of upper opposed rollers and a lower roller being in contact with only one side of the member. A locking mechanism is pivotally mounted within the housing and is co-operable with the openings in the elongated support member and is provided with a guide device, such as a roller, which extends outward therefrom and is in contact with the support member.

Abstract: A hanger for attachment to a vertically disposed threaded support rod or the like for supporting a pipe or the like in generally horizontal position. The hanger comprises a support member of relatively resilient material which engages the undersurface of the pipe and which has a pair of legs extending upwardly at opposite sides of the pipe. The upper ends of the legs are bent laterally inwardly toward one another to form upper and lower generally horizontal overlapping flanges which overlie the pipe, each flange having an opening therein for receiving the support rod therethrough. A nut is held captive but rotatable with respect to the support member adjacent these flanges, the nut having a threaded hole generally in register with the opening in one of the flanges.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a hanger device for suspending a pipeline, or the like. It includes a stationary housing adapted to be attached to a support. A rotatable roll is supported in the housing. Engageable teeth are supported by the roll and rotate therewith. A plate-thin lock is supported on the housing. The plate has a C-shape and the roll is positioned in the cutout of the C. The internal wall of the opening of the C is toothed at the top. The lock is shiftable with respect to the housing so that under the weight of the lock, the lock settles and the teeth of the lock mate with the roll teeth and prevent further rotation of the roll. The lock can be raised to separate the teeth, permitting the roll to be rotated. A hanger is windable on the roll, whereby winding of the roll adjusts the height of the object supported by the hanger.

Abstract: Means for mounting a filter bag in a multiple filter bag assembly with means for maintaining the bag under tension while permitting transmission of shaking motion from a shaker mechanism to the tensioned filter bag, in which use is made of a shaker bar suspended for freedom of movement in a crosswise direction and having retainer plates through which tensioned hanger rods for the bags extend for relative vertical movement with means for actuating the shaker bar for movement in the cross direction and tensioning means connecting the hanger rods to a support.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cable support and guidance for use on a high elevation outdoor lighting system in which luminaires, for servicing and inspection, are lowered from an operating position at the top of a pole to a position at the base of the pole. A series of rollers are mounted at the pole top to support and guide the passage of a luminaire, elastomer-jacketed power cable which, during raising and lowering of the luminaires, moves in a path that extends vertically through the interior of the pole, over the roller arrangement and vertically to the luminaires on the exterior of the pole.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for attaching a curtain board to a support surface. Such apparatus includes an elongated fastening member having a base which is adapted to be attached to the support surface. At least two attachment members extend outwardly from the base. Each of these attachment members include two arms of a flexible material which are spaced apart to define a slot and each of these arms includes at least two substantially parallel transverse grooves formed in its surface facing the slot.At least two connectors are attached to and extend outwardly from the curtain board at positions such that the connectors will mate with the attachment members. Each of the connectors includes a central shaft attached to the curtain board and a plurality of projections extending transversely outwardly from the central shaft.

Abstract: An adjustable tensioning and retaining device particularly well suited for supporting a filter bag in a gas filtering baghouse includes an elongated linking member interconnected to one end of the filter bag, a wedge shaped body member having a sloping top surface with a plurality of spaced apart indentations formed in this sloping top surface, and coupling means for removably connecting the linking member into any of the indentations in the body member. In addition, the wedge shaped body member is mounted to a supporting structure in the filtering baghouse for linear movement such that the plane of the sloping top surface of the body member is inclined to the direction of linear movement.

Abstract: A suspension hanger suspending a light weight point of purchase display in a manner that will permit swinging and turning of the display by slight air currents that are normally present in the surrounding atmosphere, and which will permit simple lowering of the display in the initial installation, or thereafter, to bring it to its desired height. The suspension consists of a vertical helical spring by which the display is suspended to permit oscillation of the display about a vertical axis, the spring being of a small diameter to permit swinging of the display, and being of a material of a low modulus of elasticity so that upon the exertion of a comparatively small pulling force in excess of the weight of the display the spring is stretched beyond its elastic.

Abstract: For dependently supporting an object, such as from a ceiling or overhead support, a pair of elongated support elements are locked into a clamp strap. An upper one of the support elements extends upwardly from the clamp strap for attachment to the overhead support while the other support element extends downwardly from the clamp strap with the object to be supported attached to its lower end. The upper and lower support elements are co-extensive for a portion of their lengths. The co-extensive portions of the support elements are contiguous to one another. The clamp strap has a pair of legs with at least one slot in each leg extending in the direction of the leg. The co-extensive portions of the support elements pass through and are held within the slots in the clamp strap. The slots have a shape generally conforming to at least a part of the transverse cross-sectional shape of the support element.

Abstract: A thermopneumatic support device for providing support over a range of positions for objects, such as high temperature steam piping, subject to temperature changes and thus to changes in position resulting from thermal expansion or contraction. The device utilizes the heat energy of the object being supported in order to provide the necessary power to move the object over a range of positions. The heat energy from the object being supported provides the power for moving the thermopneumatic support in direct proportion to the expansion or contraction resulting from the variation in temperature of the object being supported. The device comprises pneumatic actuating means comprising a sealed chamber containing a fixed mass of a compressible fluid which is in thermal contact with the object being supported.

Abstract: The present invention provides a suspension lighting fixture utilizing a chain suspension for the lamp holder, and which fixture is attached at its upper end, mechanically and electrically, to an outlet box and to conductors mounted in the ceiling, respectively. The length of the suspension chain is adjustable without requiring cutting or parting of the same. The installation may be expeditiously and cheaply made and the structure involves a minimum of materials. The invention utilizes as an essential element a hanger which is adjustable relative to the individual links of the chain employed and through which hanger the swing canopy may be clamped against the ceiling by cooperating screw threads on said hanger and on the swing canopy.

Abstract: This invention relates to a suspension device, in particular for a ceiling, consisting of essentially C- or V-shaped clamp straps having ears of flexible spring metal and a supporting rod cooperating therewith, said rod being provided with a suspension member and held vertically adjustable in openings in the diverging clamp ears, wherein the ears of the clamp are bent from a common flat connecting element, which is provided with means for attachment of the suspension device to ceiling support elements.

Abstract: For use in establishing the prescribed elevation difference between an adjustably movable deck member and a relatively stationary support member, an elevation gauge comprising a case, a float disposed in the case and guided for vertical movement, a lead screw for moving the float, a scale carried by the float to extend vertically upwardly and to cooperate with an indicator pointer carried by the case to indicated lower selected vertical position of the float, a second float guided for vertical movement on the case, and a signal device for providing an output when the second float is in a preselected elevational position relative to the first float. The signal device cooperates between the floats, and the case is adapted to rest on one of the members while the said second float is adapted to rest on the other of said members. A plurality of bolt assemblies is provided for adjustably supporting the deck member on the support member.

Abstract: An adjustable length traffic signal hanger for suspending a traffic signal, the hanger being composed of two members in sliding contact with one another and adapted to be extended or retracted and locked into a position, the hanger terminating at the lower end in a side opening pocket which communicates with a terminal end pocket to accommodate wires to electrically energize a traffic signal housing and means for connecting a traffic signal housing to the end of the hanger in covering relation of the lower end and an anti-sway member for use in combination with a cable.

Abstract: A tool for temporarily holding one or both ends of a piece of wallboard or plaster-board adjacent a ceiling joist to assist in nailing or otherwise fastening the board to the joist is disclosed. In one embodiment the tool includes a right angle plate with a handle at the bottom and an inverted U-shaped flange along the top edge for engagement over a joist as the end edge of the wallboard is carried and supported by the plate. The U-shaped flange is dimensioned from the plate so as to be engageable of joists of different widths. In another embodiment the inverted U-shaped flange is adjustable so that different widths of joists can be accommodated to bring the end edge of the wallboard relatively close to the bottom edge of the joist for convenience in nailing.

Abstract: A microsurgical operating unit for the movable installation of an operating microscope in an operating theater. The unit includes a ceiling member for attachment to the ceiling, several pivotably interconnected members for holding and locking the microscope in any desired orientation, and a motor drive for elevation adjustments of the microscope.